Myron Marlin, a former top aide to the chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, has joined a prominent consulting firm in Washington.
FTI Consulting — which advises businesses undergoing litigation, regulatory problems and other events — announced on Thursday that Mr. Marlin had become a managing director focused on financial issues and public affairs.
His return to the private sector follows a five-year stint at the S.E.C., where Mr. Marlin acted as the director of communications and as a senior strategist. Mr. Marlin joined the S.E.C. with Mary L. Schapiro, its former chairwoman, in the aftermath of the financial crisis. He remained in the role under the leadership of Elisse B. Walter and the agency’s current chairwoman, Mary Jo White.
Before joining the S.E.C., Mr. Marlin, a lawyer by trade, worked as the spokesman for the former Attorney General Janet Reno.
“Having worked at the highest levels of the S.E.C. and D.O.J., Myron has incredible insight and a great sense of how things are done,” Ms. Schapiro said in a statement.
Mr. Marlin has previously worked at a public relations firm in Washington and as an associate at a law firm in New York. At FTI, which also runs a forensic investigations business that examined Bernard L. Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, Mr. Marlin is likely to handle communications for corporations and nonprofit organizations.
“Myron will play a key role in further developing our crisis and issues management offering to protect and advance our clients’ reputations when facing regulatory-driven events,” Edward Reilly, global chief executive of FTI’s strategic communications group, said in the firm’s statement.